IDYLLWILD: Lemon Lily Festival, bluegrass and art attractions

It's a perfect weekend for a trip up the hill to Idyllwild for the Lemon Lily Festival, where the National Weather Service forecasts a high in the mid-70s Saturday, July 13, and possibly 80 degrees on Sunday.

The Lemon Lily Festival is this weekend in Idyllwild. In the photo, these lemon lilies were photographed at the 7,900-foot elevation. Some also grow along creeks in the mile-high mountain community. DENNIS RAHN/CONTRIBUTED IMAGE

Contrast that to¬ San Jacinto, where the forecast is for temperatures in the mid-90s Saturday and around the century mark Sunday.

Read the details about the festival here. The festival is an ode to the once common flower that sprouts stream side from a bulb. Between San Jacinto Mountains visitors wanting to take a piece of Idyllwild home a century ago and, likely, drought, the flower population has dwindled. That sprouted the idea for a festival to educate residents and visitors and restore the population.

In recent years, the volunteer festival organizers have added a little bluegrass music to the mix on a side street, Park Avenue, near the center of town.

If nature, education and music aren't appealing, the Art Alliance of Idyllwild is holding one of its weekend art shows and sales. On Saturday, you can pick up a map and visit some of the artists at work. The gallery show is at Rainbow Inn Saturday and Sunday.

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